The Postmortem into these
deaths are now being held, and five Police officers suspected for the case have
been arrested and immediately interdicted, the Government Information
Department said in a statement.

During the postmortem of
those two killed students, bullets were recovered in the body of one of the
dead studenst, and immediately a tense situation began to erupt, but gradually
normalcy restored.

According to available
reports, yesterday around 11.30 PM two students died due to shooting and both
of them were third year students of the Art Faculty of Jaffna University -
Vijayakumar Sulakshan (24) from Kanthorodai, Chunnakam and other is Nadaraja
Kajan (23), from 155th Mile Post, Kilinochchi. They both died, according to a
report, while riding the motorcycle.

It has been revealed that
the victims had been returning from a party in Kokuvil when the police ordered
them to stop.

They proceeded without
heeding the order and the police opened fire seriously injuring the rider.

Both University students,
according to information, their deaths said to had occurred near the Kulapiddy
Junction located in Jaffna -Kokkuvil road. Bodies of the deceased students were
recovered and taken over to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

In the initial inquiry by
the police, it was revealed that the motorcycle the students were riding
clashed against a parapet wall in the road, as the rider might has lost control
of the motorcycle due to overspreading. The police claimed the victims had been
drunk at the time of the incident.

The postmortem inquiry has
revealed that the rider had suffered two gun shot injuries to the head and bullets
were recovered and it was announced that he died of gunshot injuries. The
postmortem report stated that the other student in the pillion of the
motorcycle died when their motorcycle crashed into a wayside parapet wall.

The Police Magistrate of the
Jaffna Courts S.Sathieswaran who conducted the postmortem, as there were
gunshot injuries in the body of one student he gave his verdict that the deaths
as ‘murder’. He also ordered to conduct further investigation into the deaths
of the two University students.

In the meantime, President
Maithripala Sirisena had called for an immediate probe into the deaths of the
two University students who had died in Kokuvil, Jaffna morning (21).

He has also ordered to
interdict all police officers on duty at the Kulappiddy Junction in Kokuvil
when the incident had taken place.

All necessary steps have
been taken to ensure that the law is properly implemented in this regard, the
government statement added.

Tamil Guardian reported that
one of the students was shot to death while the other was beaten to death. The
two studnets have been identified as 23 year old Nadarasa Kajan and 24 year old
Pavunraja Sulaxan.

However, an official police
statement said the motorcycle they were travelling on ran off the road and hit
a wall injuring the two students seriously. They have succumbed to their
injuries upon admission to the hospital, according to the police statement.

The leader of the Tamil
National Alliance R Sampanthan has reportedly called on the Inspector General
of Police for an impartial investigation into the deaths.ආණ්ඩුවේ පොලිස් මැරයන් වෙඩි තබා යාපනය සරසවි සිසුන් දෙදෙනෙකු ඝාතනය කිරීම තරයේ හෙලා දකිමු!

Monday, October 17, 2016

University entry applicants
are given time till October 20 to submit their Appeals for admission to
State-run universities, says UGC Chairman.

Students those who have
issues and problems with University Entrance, Z Scores and
Aptitude Tests can get further details from below mentioned Telephone numbers.

Don’t hesitate to call them
and get expert advice to your problems. They are very friendly and will solve
your all problems.

Also students should send an
appeal to the UGC in written. Students should forward a written appeal to the
UGC along with the documentary evidence in support of the appeal. A photocopy
of the appeal application form in the UGC admission handbook could be used as
the appeal format. Appeal should be forwarded to the UGC before October 20.

University Grants Commission
(UGC) Chairman, Prof. Mohan de Silva said that 1,200 appeal cases have been
submitted thus far, by university entry applicants, which are to be reviewed by
the UGC according to the new admission and appeal reviewing procedures mentioned
in the guide book provided to the students, prior to beginning of the admission
process.

In the Guide Book provided
to the students, students are requested to apply for maximum 125 Uni-codes out
of 250 available codes, as given in the book, when selecting a university and
undergraduate according to UGC Chairman.

He added that such
applications were rejected at the admission process, failing to grant a
suitable university or undergraduate course according to the results obtained
by the student.

Students tend to apply for
universities without refer- ring to the guide book and include a less number of
universities, under the assumption that the process would be the same as
before, however, the new admission procedure requires the student to provide the
requested number of uni-codes to grant university admission, he said.

Therefore, students were
disqualified as they had not included the uni-codes in the university entry
application, even though they are qualified to enter a different university
under the same undergraduate course or to a different course.

He said that the appeal
process is set to grant vacancies to appellants after providing available
vacancies in universities and undergraduates to initial applicants, since the
appellants have failed to follow the entry process as mentioned in the
guidelines provided in the book.

Also, students are not
allowed to alter undergraduate courses after admission to the university. For
example, students admitted for Veterinary Sciences are not permitted to switch
to Dental Sciences, he added.

A photocopy of the appeal application form in the admission handbook could also be used.

What are the instances, that a candidate could not make an appeal?

Admission under Special Provisions

Admission for Special Subjects under an additional intake

Admission under filling of vacancies

What are the reasons that can be considered by the Appeals Committee?

Applicants who fall within the declared minimum Z score for a particular course of study but not selected, subject to provisions made in section 9 in the admission handbook.

Applicant who has been selected for a particular course of study, but consider that they qualify to be selected for another course of study indicated by them, subject to provisions made in section 9 in the admission handbook.

Applicants who request that they be assigned to another university.

Applicants who request that their course of study be changed to another course of study for which the requirements for admission have been fulfilled. (In order to consider appeals for a change of course of study there should be a vacancy in the relevant course of study. Students’ order of Z score will be taken into consideration when there are more applications than vacancies).

Applicants who fail to apply for a particular course of study for which the requirements for admission have been fulfilled. (In order to consider appeals under this category there should be vacancies in the relevant course of study. Students’ order of Z-Score will be taken into consideration when there are more applicants than vacancies)

What is the time period in which a candidate could make an Appeal to the UGC?

Appeal should be forwarded to the UGC within four weeks from the date of publishing the Cut-off points (except for those who are selected to university admissions to fill a vacancy)

Are mutual transfers allowed?

No.

How to make a request for inter university transfer or change of course of study?

Candidate who seeks an inter university transfer or a change of course of study, should get him/herself registered with the university to which he/she has been assigned in the first instance.

Then the candidate has to forward a written appeal to the UGC along with the documentary evidence in support of the appeal.

Is it possible to change the university and the course of study to which the candidate has been assigned?

Yes, but there is no guarantee that every request for inter university transfer or change the course of study will be accommodated.

What is the method of determine the applicant’s district for university admission?

The district of any candidate (whether school or private) will be the district of location of school in which the candidate was enrolled (on the basis of school records) for the highest number of days during the three-year period ending on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which he/she sat the G.C.E (A/L) examination to qualify for admission even in case of having proof of residence in another district for a period more than the days he/she was enrolled in a school specified above.

However, the district of a candidate who has been enrolled in a school/schools for a period of less than one year during the three-year period stipulated above will be determined on the basis of the location of school/schools which he/she had been enrolled, permanent place of residence of the candidate and other evidence as decided by the UGC.